Philadelphia's The Districts have released a new video for the first single 'Ordinary Day' off their just announced new album Popular Manipulations due August 11th on Fat Possum Records. 'Ordinary Day' was released back in February and was available as a 7-inch over the weekend on Record Store Day. They'll be playing an Album Release Show at Union Transfer in August the day the album comes out. All but four of the songs were produced with Keith Abrams of Pine Barons. The other songs were recorded with producer John Congleton who worked with them on the last album A Flourish and a Spoil.
The video for 'Ordinary Day' was shot back in February upstairs at Fergie's Pub in Center City and directed by Out of Town Films. It features an audience wearing white expressionless masks and drinking milk while the band plays emotionless. The antiheroine seems to wander as if searching for her place. I can vouch firsthand that the video is a little creepy and weird, I am one of those 'audience members' who wore a mask for hours while it was filmed. Lead singer Rob Grote said that it is supposed to be about loneliness, isolation, and just going through the motions. The song itself shows a stylistic progression and intentional shift in their songwriting that is moving in a very positive direction.
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The Districts are currently on tour:
April 25 - Lexington, KY @ Cosmic Charlies
April 26 - Cincinnati, OH @ Woodward Theater
April 28 - Lancaster, PA @ Chameleon Club
May 04 - Towson, MD @ WTMD First Monday
May 19 - Brighton, UK @ The Great Escape
May 20 - Birmingham, UK @ The Institute
May 22 - Paris, FR @ La Maroquinerie
May 23 - London, UK @ The Dome
May 25 - Berlin, DE @ Badehaus Szimpla
May 26 - Amsterdam, NL @ London Calling @ Paradiso
June 21 - Charlotte, NC @ Visualite
June 22 - Charleston, SC @ Royal American
June 23 - Orlando, FL @ The Social
June 24 - Athens, GA @ Georgia Theatre
June 26 - Houston, TX @ Raven Tower
June 27 - Austin, TX @ Sidewinder
June 29 - Santa Fe, NM @ Meow Wolf
June 30 - Tucson, AZ @ Club Congress
July 01 - Los Angeles, CA @ Troubadour
July 03 - San Francisco, CA @ The Independent
July 06 - Portland, OR @ Doug Fir
July 07 - Seattle, WA @ Tractor Tavern
July 08 - Vancouver, BC @ Cobalt
July 10 - Salt Lake City, UT @ Kilby Court
July 11 - Denver, CO @ Globe Music Hall
July 13 - Kansas City, MO @ Record Bar
Aug 04 - Chicago, IL @ Lollapalooza
Aug 04-06 - Montreal, QC @ Osheaga
Aug 07 - Cambridge, MA @ The Sinclair
Aug 10 - Columbus, OH @ Express Live *
Aug 11 - Philadelphia, PA @ Union Transfer
Aug 12 - North Adams, MA @ Mass MoCA *
Aug 16 - New York, NY @ Bowery Ballroom
Aug 18 - Washington, DC @ 9:30 Club
Aug 25 - Reading , UK @ Reading Festival
Aug 26 - Leeds, UK @ Leeds Festival
Aug 27 - Hull, UK @ Fruit
Aug 29 - Newcastle, UK @ Cluny
Aug 30 - Edinburgh, UK @ Caves
Aug 31 - Glasgow, UK @ King Tuts
Sept 2 - Bristol, UK @ The Downs
Sept 3 - Cambridge, UK @ Portland Arms
Sept 5 - Nottingham, UK @ Bodega
Sept 6 - Manchester, UK @ Gorilla
Sept 7 - Cardiff, UK @ Clwb Ifor Bach
Sept 11 - Brighton, UK @ Haunt
Sept 14 - Monthey, CH @ Pont Rouge
Sept 15 - Milan, IT @ Serraglio
Sept 17 - Darmstadt, DE @ Golden Leaves Festival
Sept 18 - Zurich, CH @ Werk 21
Sept 19 - Munich, DE @ Strom
Sept 20 - Vienna, AT @ Flex
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